Roela Radiniyavuni
Personal information
Born (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 33)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Fiji 1 1 0 0 4
Source: RLP
As of 14 November 2020
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 Fijiana Drua 5 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–Present  Fiji 4 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
 Fiji
Medals
Representing  Fiji
Women's rugby sevens
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team competition

Roela Radiniyavuni (born 7 April 1990) is a Fijian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a winger, Radiniyavuni has represented Fiji in rugby league, rugby union and rugby sevens.

Biography

Born in Suva, Radiniyavuni represented Fiji in rugby union and rugby sevens before switching to rugby league in 2019.[1]

Rugby league career

In 2019, Radiniyavuni relocated to Auckland, New Zealand and began playing rugby league for the Richmond Roses.[2] On 22 June 2019, she represented Fiji, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 28–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[3]

In July 2019, she represented the Akarana Falcons at the NZRL Women's National Tournament.[4] On 10 July 2019, Radiniyavuni joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[5][6]

In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Radiniyavuni made her debut for the Warriors in a 6–26 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons.[7]

Rugby union career

In November 2019, Radiniyavuni returned to rugby sevens, rejoining the Fijian national team.[8] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9][10] She won a bronze medal at the event.[11][12][13]

Radiniyavuni was named in the Fijiana Drua squad for the 2022 Super W season.[14][15]

In 2022, Radiniyavuni was named in the Fijiana squad for two test matches against Australia and Japan.[16][17] She started in the game against Japan and scored a try in the 29th minute.[18][19][20] She also started in the test against Australia.[21]

Radiniyavuni was named on the bench in the warm up match against Canada ahead of the World Cup.[22][23] She was selected for the Fijiana squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "Women's Rugby The Big Winner As Brumbies Women Fall To Fiji". ACT Brumbies. 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Two Fijian girls land NRLW contracts with Warriors". FBC News. 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Eloise Vunakece selected for Fiji Bulikula Women's Test Team". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 17 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors on show at nationals". NZ Warriors. 26 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet the players: 2019 NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Radiniyavuni and Reid to debut". NZ Warriors. 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Bulikula star Radiniyavuni back in Fijiana 7s". FBC News. 27 November 2019.
  9. ^ Prasad, Vashneel (4 July 2021). "Fijian Rugby Sevens teams named for Tokyo Olympic Games". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Olympic Champions Fiji have named their squads to compete in the Tokyo Olympics". RNZ. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Fantastic Fijiana win historic Olympic medal". RNZ. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. ^ Deo, Rohit (31 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Fantastic Fijiana win historic Bronze medal". FijiTimes. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. ^ "How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games". www.world.rugby. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. ^ Cama, Akuila (9 February 2022). "Fijiana Drua squad for Super W named". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. ^ Biudole, Noa (11 February 2022). "Bright future". FijiTimes. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Rooster Chicken to sponsor Fijiana 15s for two historic test matches while Seruvakula names four new overseas-based players". FijiTimes. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  17. ^ Biudole, Noa (29 April 2022). "4 overseas-bases reps in Fijiana XVs squad". fijilive.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  18. ^ Birch, John (1 May 2022). "Japan's winning start to Tri-Series". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  19. ^ Rahiman, Antonio (1 May 2022). "Tri-Series Rugby - Japan beats Fijiana 28-14". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  20. ^ Matairakula, Talei (1 May 2022). "Fijiana 15s goes down to Japan". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  21. ^ Tucker, Jim (6 May 2022). "Wallaroos win on emotional return amid tries, tears and debuts". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  22. ^ "World Cup Warm-Up – Fiji vs Canada – ARN Guide". Americas Rugby News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Canada ready for World Cup after win over Fiji". Americas Rugby News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  24. ^ Prasad, Vashneel (21 September 2022). "Seruvakula names 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup". Official Website of Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  25. ^ Mockford, Sarah (21 September 2022). "Fiji Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022". Rugby World. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

Fiji squad – 2021 Rugby World Cup
Fijiana 2020 Summer Olympics - Bronze medal
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